Patents by Inventor Charles E. LeRow, Jr.

Charles E. LeRow, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Operating mechanism and position indicator for a circuit interrupter
    Patent number: 4016384
    Abstract: An improved circuit-breaker position-indicator is provided for a gas-type circuit-interrupter in which the circuit-breaker structure is enclosed within an outer pressurized casing at a different pressure than the gas pressure interiorly of the circuit-breaker itself. Improved means are provided for effecting manual movement of the circuit-breaker contacts by a hand-jack assembly, when desired. Visible safe indication of the correct circuit-breaker open and closed-circuit positions is obtained at all times for safe and dependable operation of the circuit-breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Charles E. LeRow, Jr., Ronald W. Crookston
  • Multi-phase compressed-gas circuit-breaker construction
    Patent number: 4013853
    Abstract: An improved multi-phase compressed-gas circuit-breaker installation is provided having the three or more circuit-breaker assemblies mounted upon a horizontally-extending rigid frame structure, with the high-pressure and low-pressure gas-reservoir tanks disposed close to the ground, and having the circuit-breaker assemblies extending upwardly in spaced lateral horizontal relationship. Pressurized pipes, or conduits connect to the circuit-breaker assemblies, the pressurized pipes containing, of course, the internal high-voltage power-conductors at the centers of the pressurized pipes, as well known by those skilled in the high-voltage power-transmission art of the pressurized gas-insulated type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Alverson, Otto H. Soles, Melvyn D. Hopkins, Charles E. LeRow, Jr.
  • Multi-phase gas-type circuit-interrupter substitution modular construction
    Patent number: 4005345
    Abstract: A simplified-type of multi-phase compressed-gas circuit-interrupter installation is provided in which costly and complicated I-beam base structures are eliminated, and the low-pressure gas-reservoir tank is so used and located as to provide a lower main support for the circuit-breaker installation. In addition, the high-pressure gas-reservoir tank is so used and located in such a manner that its main supporting brackets become a main support for the circuit-breaker assembly.The construction is such that a simplified support is provided having the several component parts of the installation so arranged as to be readily accessible for servicing, and arranged together in a new combination for a resultant compact easily maintained arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Kane, Charles E. LeRow, Jr.